BAIRN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bairn mean? 

• BAIRN (noun)
  The noun BAIRN has 1 sense:

1. a child: son or daughter

  Familiarity information: BAIRN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAIRN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A child: son or daughter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bairn" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

 Context examples 

These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests an' bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She was a great reader, and studied a deal; and the "bairns" had taken after her.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He hadn't time, bairn: he was gone in a minute, was your father.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"What is the matter?" he asked; "all the sunshine is gone. Do you really wish the bairn to go? Will it annoy you if she is left behind?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)